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I've always struggled with this. On the one hand I am hugely sympathetic to the feelings in this article. On the other hand I feel like it is intellectually inc
by scandox 3y ago
I've always struggled with this. On the one hand I am hugely sympathetic to the feelings in this article. On the other hand I feel like it is intellectually incoherent. It presupposes some "system" - either unnamed or not yet existing - which will replace the current one and allow the kind of redistribution he is calling for to occur. It presents it like a simple choice we're just aggressively refusing to make. Whereas it seems to me, that it could just be far far worse, in some fairly obvious ways. I do think we have a huge problem with the current system starting to lose its traditional anchors, but that doesn't really address the fundamentals of what he is saying.
- jacknews 3y agoThe point is we're not even trying to find such a better system, and there's constant pressure to strip away the checks and balances that make the current one even barely tolerable. A better system might not need 'redistribution' since it would not be structured in a way that allows (even encourages) billionaires, for example.
- scandox 3y agoWell 8 billion people are not going to agree on anything. I suppose the question is whether such a system is or is not emerging. Maybe a breakdown in the current hegemony will bring about a global improvement? I mean in that sense the very event he is bemoaning (the storming of the Capitol) could literally signify the outcomes he is seeking.